ZSL has today pledged its support to the Gujarat Government in a bid to save the critically endangered Asiatic lion from extinction.

“This is a major milestone for ZSL’s Lions400 campaign, which aims to raise funds to carry out vital conservation work in the wild as well as create Land of the Lions, a state-of-the-art Asiatic lion home and breeding centre at ZSL London Zoo.”

Virunga - nominated for a Best Documentary award at the Oscars this weekend - explores the threats to a unique World Heritage site in the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to the endangered okapi, a forest relative of the giraffe. Our blog explores the work ZSL is doing to protect World Heritage sites from oil and other types of extractive activities, and to conserve the okapi. http://www.zsl.org/blogs/okapi-conservation-blog/virunga-at-the-oscars

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Here are some of the winner's from last year's ZSL Animal Photography Prize. Feeling Inspired? Enter the 2015 competition now: www.zsl.org/photographyprize